Exodus 7:14-25
International Standard Version
Water is Turned into Blood
14 Then the Lord told Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hard. He has refused to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he’s going down to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile River[a] and meet him. Be sure to take with you[b] the staff that was turned into a snake. 16 Then say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you. He says, “Let my people go so they may serve[c] me in the desert, but until now you haven’t obeyed.”’[d]
17 “‘This is what the Lord says: “This is how you’ll know that I am the Lord: Right now I’m going to strike the water of the Nile River[e] with the staff that’s in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. 18 The fish in the Nile River[f] will die and the river[g] will stink. The Egyptians will be unable[h] to drink water from the Nile River.[i]”’”
19 The Lord also told Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their Nile River[j], over their ponds, and over their reservoirs,[k] and they’ll become blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in their[l] wood and stone containers.’”[m]
20 Moses and Aaron did just what the Lord had commanded. Aaron[n] raised his staff and struck the water in the Nile River[o] in front of[p] Pharaoh and his[q] officials,[r] and all the water in the Nile River[s] turned to blood. 21 The fish in the Nile River[t] died and the river[u] stank. The Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile River,[v] and blood was throughout the land of Egypt. 22 But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing[w] with their secret arts. Pharaoh’s heart was stubborn,[x] and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. 23 Then Pharaoh turned away, went to his palace, and paid no attention to any of this. 24 All the Egyptians dug around the Nile River[y] for water to drink because they could not drink from the water in the Nile River.[z]
The Plague of Frogs
25 Seven days after[aa] the Lord had struck the Nile River,[ab]
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- Exodus 7:15 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:15 Lit. in your hand
- Exodus 7:16 Or worship
- Exodus 7:16 Or listened
- Exodus 7:17 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:18 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:18 Or the Nile
- Exodus 7:18 Or weary themselves
- Exodus 7:18 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:19 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:19 Lit. every collection of their waters
- Exodus 7:19 The Heb. lacks their
- Exodus 7:19 The Heb. lacks containers
- Exodus 7:20 Lit. He
- Exodus 7:20 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:20 Lit. before the eyes of
- Exodus 7:20 Lit. before the eyes of his
- Exodus 7:20 Or servants
- Exodus 7:20 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:21 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:21 Or the Nile
- Exodus 7:21 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:22 Lit. did thus
- Exodus 7:22 Lit. strong
- Exodus 7:24 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:24 The Heb. lacks River
- Exodus 7:25 Lit. days were filled after
- Exodus 7:25 The Heb. lacks River
Exodus 7:14-25
Lexham English Bible
Plague One: Blood
14 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is insensitive;[a] he refuses to release the people. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Look, he is going out to the water, and you must wait to meet him on the bank of the Nile, and you must take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake. 16 And you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, “Release my people that they may serve me in the desert, and, look, you have not listened until now.” 17 Thus says Yahweh, “By this you will know that I am Yahweh. Look, I am about to strike with the staff that is in my hand the water that is in the Nile, and it will be changed to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”
19 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch your hand out over the waters of Egypt and over their rivers, over their canals, and over their pools and over all of their reservoirs of water, so that they become blood,’ and blood will be in all the land of Egypt and in vessels of wood and of stone.”
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh had commanded, and he raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his servants, and all of the water that was in the Nile was changed to blood. 21 And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, and the Egyptians were not able to drink water from the Nile, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt.
22 And the magicians of Egypt did likewise with their secret arts, and Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went to his house, and he did not take also this to heart.[b] 24 And all of the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they were unable to drink from the water of the Nile.
25 And seven days passed after Yahweh struck the Nile.
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- Exodus 7:14 Literally “heavy”
- Exodus 7:23 Literally “he did not put his heart also to this”
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